The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether Americans can sue government officials who block them on social media, an issue that also arose during former President Donald Trump’s time in office.
The Supreme Court’s ruling in the matter, which is likely to be heard in the court’s new term that begins in October, is likely to have an impact on all levels of government as citizens increasingly turn to social media to interact with public officials.
Several individuals had previously sued Trump after he blocked them from accessing his Twitter account, but the Supreme Court ordered (pdf) that case dismissed in April 2021 as moot because Trump had already left office. At the time of the ruling, Twitter had banned Trump but when Elon Musk took over the company he reversed that policy late last year….